As the resident ERE contrarian, I often find myself at odds regarding best practices (i.e., fair and effective ways) to hire employees. Past readers might … Read more
Recruitment Fads and Magic Bullets Do Not Replace Recruiting Basics
Over the past 20 years, scores of management fads – from situational leadership to business process reengineering to Six Sigma quality – have … Read more
What Recruiters Can Learn From the National Football League
Quick! The annual NFL draft is approaching and your entire career hinges on choosing the right players for your pro team. Choose correctly and your team … Read more
Boomerangs: The Strategic Process of Rehiring Your Former Employees, Part 1
Boomerang efforts have one of the highest ROIs in recruiting. When you take the time to examine the profile of new hires who produce the best on-the-job … Read more
The Best Article Ever Written on Passive Candidate Recruiting
This could be a very good article, maybe even a great one. It all depends on your point of view. For the chance it turns out to be a great article, … Read more
Build a Candidate Pipeline Through Internships
It is getting more difficult to attract the best college graduates. For the first time in several years, the demand for a broad spectrum of college … Read more
Recruiting the Recruiter
Remember the glory days of the late 1990s? Friends became dot-com paper millionaires (and Friends, the TV show, was a hit). Enron and the stock market were … Read more
Are you Prepared for a Candidate’s Market?
The national unemployment rate, now at 4.7%, continues to decline. Recruiting costs are rising, and it’s taking longer to find and hire people again. … Read more
Building a Recruiting Culture, Part 2
What Is A Recruiting Culture? As we learned in Part 1, a recruiting culture is a recruiting strategy that shifts the bulk of the responsibility for … Read more
How HR/Recruiting Wastes $100 Million Every Year!
How many people will your company hire over the next 12 months? Multiply this number by the average salary (some number between $50,000 and $100,000). Now … Read more